Note: There are three significantly different devices being sold under the same "HVR-850" brand name. All three versions are supported, but the newest version (USB ID 2040:b140) requires kernel 2.6.37.

Note: Though the usual directory location in which the firmware file is placed is /lib/firmware, this may differ in the case of some distros; consult your distro's documentation for the appropriate location.

Drivers

The xc5000 driver needed for this WinTV-HVR-850 is already part of the latest Linux kernel (part of v4l-dvb drivers).

Analog support was merged into the mainline v4l-dvb tree on March 18, 2009.